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H. K, WHITE.

REED ORGAN.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY K. WHITE, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILCOX I & WHITE ORGAN COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

REED-ORGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,686, dated March 2'7, 1883a Application tiled October 14, 1882. (No modell T o all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY K. VHITE, of

-Meriden,`in the county of New Haven and section through the wind-chest and keys.

This invention relates to an improvement in reed-organs, the object of the invention heing to arrange the reeds in connection with a vertical chamber above the bellows; and the invention consists in the details ot' construction whereby the object of the invention is accomplished, as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claims.

A B represent the keys in their usual arrangement; C, the wind-chest, arranged in a vertical position at the back ot' the organ, and from which the air is exhausted by bellows through openings D at the bottom.

Eis the front side ofthe windchest, and upon which the reeds and mechanism are arranged. As here represented, there are five sets of reeds, F G H I K, and sub-bass L, arranged in position one above another, as shown, each set closed by a flap operated by the stop in the usual manner, so as to cnt oft or permit the air to pass in through the reed-openings when the respective valves are open.

M is the lfirst or principal valve, which closes the openingN through the reed-board, and is hung at a.

bis the usual spring for holding the valve in its closed position.

From the under side ofeach of the keys an arm, d, extends downward, and from this a tracker, e, extends to alever,f, having its fulcrum at g, below the tracker. The Lipper end of the lever fbears against the valve-pin h, so that when the key is depressed the valve M is opened,

- as indicated in broken lines, and which opens communication with the two sets of reeds F G. 'i is the valve which closes the opening I? to lthe reeds H. The valve 'a'. is hung to a lever, l.

m is the valve which closes the opening R 5o to the reeds I K, and is hung to one arm ot a lever, a.

On the principal valve M one arm of a lever, o, bears, the other arm extending up and arranged to bear upon thelever n of the valve 53 m, and the leveru extends down to bea-r upon the arm of the lever l, opposite the valve fi, thereto attached. Between the valve end of the 1ever l and the lever o is a spring, l', the tendency of which is to hold the valve i closed and 6o to bear the one arm ot' the lever o upon the valve M, and on the valve-lever u another spring, s, bears, tending to close the valve m, and also to operate upon the lever o to force its one arm upon the valve M. By this arrangement of levers and springs, when the key is depressed, as indicated in broken lines, it opens the valve M, turns the lever o, which in its turn moves the lever n to open the. valve m, and the said lever 'n bears upon the leverl 7o ot' the valve fi to open that valve i', this opening of the valves being against the resist-ance ot the springs b, r, and s, which in their turn react to bring the levers and valves to their closed or normal position. These levers and valves are all arranged within the wind-chest. The back or sound board, T, is secured to the edges ofthe wind-chest so as to be readily re moved, and on such removal the action is exposed for repairs or adjustment. From the So front the reeds are equally as well exposed for adjustment or tuning purposes. The sub-bass reeds L are arranged above the other reeds. Their key-levers t extend downward, and are hung midway ot their length, their lower arm coming in rear ofthe lever s, so that depression of the key will turn that lever and open the valve, as indicated in broken lines.

, On the lever t is a spring, a, which bears upon the front side of the lever j', serving to 9o hold the two levers in connection, but yet allow their free play. The usual adj Listing-screws andcollars are applied as shown.

I am aware of the Patent No. 178,650, and therefore claim nothing shown in said patent.

I claiml. In a reed-organ, the combination of a vertical wind-chest arranged in rear of and simultaneously operated, substantially as described.

2. The combination ofthe valve M and valve with the lever o, the spring,` b, and the spring fr between the valvey and thelever o, the arrange- .nient of the spring 1' being such that its ae tion tends to close both of' said Valves, and zo substantiallyv as described.

HENRY K. WHITE.

Witnesses:

W. E. HEMINGWAY., FRED, F. BEMIS. 

